http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g8pwPuDLF4sz2IIXNofgO0r0ROfA?docId=CNG.921d971040a618e5fd16673c1ea984a7.641BEIJING — China on Wednesday renewed its pledge to speed development in restive Inner Mongolia, following protests in the northern region last month by ethnic Mongols fuelled by resentment over Beijing's rule.The State Council, China's cabinet, discussed plans to address environmental and farming concerns in the region, where the death of a herder in May laid bare simmering discontent among ethnic Mongols and sparked the wave of unrest.(...)

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